CHARLOTTE, N.C. – William N. Harris, an accomplished real estate lawyer with extensive experience handling major commercial property transactions, has joined McGuireWoods as a partner in the firm’s Charlotte, North Carolina, office.

Akin Gump announced that Patrick F. Rice has joined the firm’s corporate practice. Mr. Rice is resident in Akin Gump’s New York office, where he will further strengthen and enhance the scale and scope of the firm’s private equity transactional capabilities.

Susan A. Feeney, who represents companies in state and local property tax issues as a partner at McCarter & English and who is a former president of the New Jersey State Bar Association, has been honored by Executive Women of New Jersey (EWNJ) for excellent achievement in advancing the cause of women’s leadership in the business community.

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On May 19, 2016, more than 400 leaders from the legal, financial, and nonprofit sectors will gather at Gotham Hall in Manhattan for Lawyers Alliance for New York’s 2016 Business Law & Leadership Gala. This event is the largest annual...

David J. Passey has joined Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP as a partner in the Tax, Employee Benefits, and Trusts and Estates practice group, based in the firm’s New York office. Passey joins from Sullivan & Cromwell LLP.
"David joins Sheppard Mullin as part of an ongoing commitment to deepen our transactional...

McGuireWoods continues the strategic expansion of its nationally recognized financial services litigation practice with the addition of partners Marc A. Lackner, a former head of Bank of America’s mortgage litigation group, and Carolee A. Hoover in the firm’s new San Francisco office.

Weil is advising Oracle in two separate all-cash acquisitions of technology companies Textura and Opower. The deals were announced days apart and have a combined value of approximately $1.2 billion. Both transactions are expected to close in 2016, subject to certain regulatory approvals and other customary closing conditions.

Weil is advising IMS Health Holdings, Inc., a leading global information and technology services company, in its definitive all-stock merger of equals with Quintiles Transnational Holdings Inc., the world’s largest provider of product development and integrated healthcare services. The equity market capitalization of the combined company is more than...

International law firm Weil, Gotshal & Manges today announced that James MacArthur will join the firm as a partner in the Corporate practice. He will be based in Weil’s London office and will focus on private equity and M&A transactions in the infrastructure and real estate sectors.
Mr. MacArthur is a partner at Herbert Smith Freehills. He has...

Four lawyers from Jones Day argued four different cases before the U.S. Supreme Court during the week of March 21, 2016. The Firm has argued before the Court seven times this Term, including four that week.

The global law firm Jones Day has announced that Tom Wearsch has joined the Firm's Business Restructuring & Reorganization (BRR) Practice as a partner and will be based in its Cleveland Office. He arrives from the Cleveland office of BakerHostetler.

McNees attorney Mark Stanley was recently appointed to the Legal Action Committee of the National Association of Home Builders.
The NAHB Legal Action Committee (LAC) provides guidance to NAHB, a Washington, D.C. based trade association whose mission is to enhance the climate for housing and the building industry.

Bijal N. Vira has joined Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP as a corporate finance partner, based in the firm’s New York office. Vira joins from Winston & Strawn.
"Bijal brings important strengths and a strong skill set that complements and further diversifies our existing Private Equity and Finance & Bankruptcy practices...

Morrison and Foerster announced that Carrie Cohen, an Assistant US Attorney in the Southern District of New York, has joined the firm as a New York partner and member of the its Securities Litigation, Enforcement and White Collar (SLEW) practice.
Ms. Cohen most recently was lead prosecutor in the trial of former NY State Assembly Speaker Sheldon...

Stephen D. Palley, a litigator and insurance recovery attorney with a long history of success in high-stakes construction insurance coverage litigation, has joined Anderson Kill's Washington, D.C. office as Counsel. He comes to Anderson Kill from his solo practice, Palley Law LLC, based in Washington, D.C.

MedOptions, the nation's largest outsourced provider of behavioral health services to skilled nursing and assisted living facilities, announced today that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire San Diego-based Vericare, the second largest behavioral health clinical care provider in the United States. The combined business will be the...

Pro Bono Partnership, a nationally recognized provider of free business and transactional legal services to nonprofits, has announced that Jonathan S. Mothner has been elected to its Board of Directors. With 25 years of legal experience, Mr. Mothner is Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary at Synchrony Financial. He held the same role for...

Adam Rosenthal has joined the Del Mar (San Diego) office of Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP as a partner in the firm's Labor and Employment Practice Group. Rosenthal joins from Littler Mendelson.
“Adam is a talented and versatile labor and employment practitioner. He has both a robust litigation and a dedicated counseling...